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3.11.2.1 — Pool Designations

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(1) Every public pool shall be designated as being either a Class A pool or a Class B pool in accordance with Sentence (2) or (3).

(2) A Class A pool is a public pool to which the general public is admitted or that is,

(a) operated in conjunction with or as a part of a program of an educational, instructional, physical fitness or athletic institution or association, supported in whole or in part by public funds or public subscription, or

(b) operated on the premises of a recreational camp, for use by campers and their visitors and camp personnel.

(3) A Class B pool is a public pool that is,

(a) operated in conjunction with six or more dwelling units, suites, single family residences, or any combination of them for the use of occupants or residents and their visitors,

(b) operated in conjunction with a mobile home park for the use of residents or occupants and their visitors,

(d) operated on the premises of a campground for the use of its tenants and their visitors,

(e) operated in conjunction with a club for the use of its members and their visitors, or

(f) operated in conjunction with an establishment or institution classified in Table 3.1.2.1. as,

(i) Group B, Division 1, major occupancy, or

(ii) Group B, Division 2 or 3, major occupancy, for the use of residents or occupants and their visitors.

Tables & Figures referenced

Table 3.1.2.1 : Major Occupancy Classification : Forming Part of Sentences 3.1.2.1.(1), 3.1.2.2.(1) and 3.11.2.1.(3)

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assembly occupancy

means the occupancy or the use of a building or part of a building by a gathering of persons for civic, political, travel, religious, social, educational, recreational or similar purposes or for the consumption of food or drink.

business and personal services occupancy

means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the transaction of business or the provision of professional or personal services.

campground

means land or premises used as an overnight camping facility that is not a recreational camp.

dwelling unit

means a suite operated as a housekeeping unit, used or intended to be used by one or more persons and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping and sanitary facilities.

hotel

means floor areas, a floor area or part of a floor area that contains four or more suites and that provides sleeping accommodation for the travelling public or for recreational purposes.

industrial occupancy

means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, processing, repairing or storing of goods or materials.

major occupancy

means the principal occupancy for which a building or part of a building is used or intended to be used, and is deemed to include the subsidiary occupancies that are an integral part of the principal occupancy. The major occupancy classifications used in this Code are as follows: (a)Group A, Division 1 - Assembly occupancies intended for the production and viewing of the performing arts, (b)Group A, Division 2 - Assembly occupancies not elsewhere classified in Group A, (c)Group A, Division 3 - Assembly occupancies of the arena type, (d)Group A, Division 4 - Assembly occupancies in which occupants are gathered in the open air, (e)Group B, Division 1 - Detention occupancies, (f)Group B, Division 2 - Care and treatment occupancies, (g)Group B, Division 3 - Care occupancies, (h)Group C - Residential occupancies, (i)Group D - Business and personal services occupancies, (j)Group E - Mercantile occupancies, (k)Group F, Division 1 - High hazard industrial occupancies, (l)Group F, Division 2 - Medium hazard industrial occupancies, and (m)Group F, Division 3 - Low hazard industrial occupancies.

mercantile occupancy

means the occupancy or use of a building or part of a building for the displaying or selling of retail goods, wares or merchandise.

occupancy

means the use or intended use of a building or part of a building for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.

open air

means the atmosphere outside a building.

public pool

means a structure, basin, chamber or tank containing or intended to contain an artificial body of water for swimming, water sport, water recreation or entertainment, but does not include, (a)pools operated in conjunction with less than six dwelling units, suites or single family residences or any combination of them, (b)pools that are used only for commercial display and demonstration purposes, (c)wading pools, (d)hydro-massage pools, or (e)pools that serve only as receiving basins for persons at the bottom of water slides.

recreational camp

means a camp for recreational activities consisting of one or more buildings or other structures established or maintained as living quarters, with or without charge, for the temporary occupancy of 10 or more persons for five or more days.

residential occupancy

means an occupancy in which sleeping accommodation is provided to residents who are not harboured for the purpose of receiving special care or treatment and are not involuntarily detained and includes an occupancy in which sleeping accommodation is provided to residents of a retirement home.

suite

means a single room or series of rooms of complementary use, operated under a single tenancy, and includes, (a)dwelling units, (b)individual guest rooms in motels, hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses and dormitories, and (c)individual stores and individual or complementary rooms for business and personal services occupancies.

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